Scrophularia.\ OROBANCHE;E. ^05 



Name, given in honour of Dr. Humphrey Sibthorpe, the suc- 

 cessor of Dillenius in the botanical chair at Oxford. 



Didynamia. Angiospermia. 



1. S. europma, Linn. Creeping Sibthorpia. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 290. E. Fl. v. in. p. 143. E. Bot. t. 649. 



Moist shady places. Under a wall on the north side of Conner-hill, 

 near Dingle, 1805. Fl. Ju\y, Aug. %. — An interesting little plant, 

 hairy, with creeping filiform stems, and alternate, reniform, broadly cre- 

 nate leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary, on short 6talks, pinkish white, 

 very small. 



10. Scrophularia. Linn. Fig wort. 



Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla sub-globose ; its limb contracted with 

 two short lips, the upper with two lobes, and frequently a 

 small scale or abortive stamen within it, the lower 3-lobed. 

 Capsules 2-celled, 2-valved, the margins of the valves turned 

 inwards. — Named from Scrophula, a disease which this plant 

 was supposed to Cure. Didynamia. Angiospermia. 



1. S. nodosa, Linn. Knotted Figwort. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, acute, 3-ribbed at the base ; stem sharp-edged ; root 

 tuberous. Br. Fl. 1. p. 288. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 137. E. Bot. t. 

 1544. 



In hedge-banks and woods, frequent. Fl. July. %. — Root large, 

 thick and knotty. Stem two to three feet high. Flowers in dichoto- 

 mous, axillary, and terminal panicles. Corolla greenish-purple, with 

 a scale in the upper lip. 



2. S. aquatica, Linn. Water Figwort. Leaves heart-shaped, 

 bluntish, on decurrent footstalks; stem winged; root fibrous. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 288. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 137. E. Bot. t. 854. 



Sides of rivers and in wet ditches. Fl. July. %. — Three or four 

 feet high. Panicles terminal, bracteated, with remote branches. 

 Flowers dark purple at the mouth, with a scale in the upper lip. Calyx 

 margined with purple. 



3. S. Scorodonia, Linn. Balm-leaved Figwort. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, doubly serrated, downy beneath ; panicles leafy. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 288. E. El. v. iii. p. 138. E. Bot. t. 2209. 



Marshes near Tralee, as stated by Smith in his history of Kerry. 

 Fl. July. %. — Stem about three feet high, branched, covered with 

 short hairs. Leaves three-ribbed at the base. Flowers on axillary, 

 forked peduncles, forming a long raceme. Corolla greenish purple. 



Ord. 56. OROBANCHEiE. Vent. Broom-rape Family. 



Calyx divided, persistent, inferior. Corolla monopetalous, 

 hypogynous, irregular, persistent, with an imbricated aestiva- 



